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One Street in Paris
Paperback
Publisher Price: $21.99
ISBN13: 9781921859076
Publisher: Peripatos Press
Published: May 25 2026
Pages: 356
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.89 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Ten quite different, but subtly interlinked, evocations of time and
place bring the rich history of the sixth arrondissement of Paris to
life in a fascinating and original collection exploring life, love, death,
chance, choices, and freedom.
In 2020, an Australian Francophile is introduced rue de Seine,
and to jazz, in the company of a wise old friend.
In 1900, Oscar Wilde writes to a friend about a day in and around
rue de Seine, accompanied by acquaintances from his past.
In 1794, at the height of the Revolution, a boy is witness to the terror,
and makes promises that take decades to fulfil.
In 2019, after the death of President Chirac, a reporter has a chance
encounter that gives him a story he wasn't expecting.
In 2005, an Englishman in Paris for business and a young woman who
works at the Louvre meet by chance in the street of art galleries.
In 1877, during the Haussmann reconstruction of the city, a young
man begins a journey to find his true métier.
In 2022, sitting a café after the end of an affair, a lover looks back on
the relationship, assisted by a recreation of a poem by Prévert.
In 1943, the final year of the Occupation, Simone de Beauvoir
experiences success, new friendships and a very real sense of freedom.
In 1992, a writer remembers a visit to Paris with an old friend,
and is reminded of the impact the visit had on the writer's career.
In 2008, Rachel, a high-flying American journalist, has an encounter
that turns out to change more lives than her own.
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